Cali vs Kingston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Kingston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$1378
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$3571
🏠 One person rent	$287	$664
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$1546
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$489
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$132
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$763
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	45	41
😀 Quality of life	50	54
🏙️ Population	2.47M	580K

The cost of living in Cali is 46% less expensive than in Kingston. Cities ranked 6679th and 3941st ($748 vs $1378) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Colombia and Jamaica, respectively. Check Colombia vs Jamaica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.6 months in Kingston. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Kingston ranked 1st in Jamaica, while ranked 6204th and 5942nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Kingston

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	Cali	Kingston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$7.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$76.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$816
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$434
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1923
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$1193
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$51.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$2836
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$2205
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$50
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$4.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$6.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$4.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$2.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$8.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$73.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$25.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$2764

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$666
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$742
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$513
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$477
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$557
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$598
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$649
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$605
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$680
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$529
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$493
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$653
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$410
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$705
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$514
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$674
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$794
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$887
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$571
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$531
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$897
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$906
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$497
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$709
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$839
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$519
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$563
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$610
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$884
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$882
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$534
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$722
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$532
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$664
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$648
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$573
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$651
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$645

Cities near Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1197
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$787
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$1063
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$870
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1170
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$877
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$1000
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1014
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1124
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1415
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2123
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1272
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2763
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$1166
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1561
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1266
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1561
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1830
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$506
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$507
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1531
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1395
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$508
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$521
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$527
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$542
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1258
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$520
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$521
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1259
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3754
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$511
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$505
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1101
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$645
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$715
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$707